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Hey I am on Medial • 6m

With 12 million paying users, Telegram proves that a niche, value-driven subscription model can be sustainable but dont they have like 1b users? 12 mil is jsut 1.2% of the total users na? Isn't that a bad thing for like 11 year old company?

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